Comments on: 5 Ways to Fund Your Web Startup

By: John B.

John B. — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:51:05 +0000

Has anyone won the youbethevc contest? It ended months ago, but I haven’t seen any launches or blogs from the winners. It looks like after the contest, nothing happened.

John

By: slaction

slaction — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:26:48 +0000

One look at officesnapshot.com shows what startups are spending their funding on….expensive useless furniture and chic office gear.

Don’t get me wrong, I think this stuff is just as cool as the next guy, but I do get the feeling that these people are worried too much about the image they project and not about the work they do.

You can do a startup in your house/apartment, with nothing but late nights and lots of caffeine. You don’t have to run out to IKEA and buy colorful furniture and a pingpong table, you’re not Google, not yet anyway.

By: lerxtjr

lerxtjr — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:45:37 +0000

Did you try sbcalliance.com yet? Banks have locked their vaults and thrown away the keys. It is virtually impossible to get a traditional loan through a bank in ‘this’ economy so don’t waste your time. And, just as bad if you try to get a line of credit from a bank. The only resource I know of is sbc. And, no, I’m not an affiliate. Hope that helps.

By: Web Design Perth

Web Design Perth — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:23:35 +0000

I would suggest another source of funding, at least partial, could be in the form of a state or federal government grant. I was on the phone to a government export department here in Oz yesterday and learned, quite to my surprise, that they offer a dollar-for-dollar grant to assist with marketing, which I suggest would/should be a significant portion of any web start-up budget.

By: stuartk

stuartk — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:47:53 +0000

I sometimes wonder what startups spend funding on.

With the barrier to entry for software development so low now (basically zero if you choose the right platform), I imagine it mostly goes on wages for your self or others; and marketing costs.

By: Scorpiono

Scorpiono — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:02:03 +0000

Thanks for the resources